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easily made by any skilled workman, or by any amateur carpenter, for the 
matter of that. 
The section, Fig. 2, is made to a half-inch scale, and the details, Figs. 3, 4, 
5 , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, are half full size. The bottom (a Fig. 3), should be formed of 
board ii inch or inch thick, with three pieces of 1 inch by % inch iron 
screwed across on the under side, to keep it from warping, and should be 
rounded on the outer edge, and also have a drip groove round the 
under side. There should also be a groove 
in the top side to receive the glass panels. 
The narrow glass panels, c c , round the bottom 
part of the case may be any kind of thick 
glass—rolled plate for instance—which may 
be painted inside of any desired colour ; 
this will prevent pots or earth being seen 
through the glass. It is, however, a good 
plan, as tending to durability, to have a 
galvanized iron tray (as shown in section) 
Fig. 2) to set inside, with pipes through the 
bottom for drainage. The upper panels ( fd , 
Fig, 1), and roof ( e ) may be glazed with 21 oz. 
sheet glass, and the wood be any hard kind, 
or good red deal. In the latter case it should 
have three coats of paint, and in the former 
one coat of boiled oil, and then a coat of 
varnish. Care should be taken that it is well 
supported, so as to bear not only its own 
weight, but also that of any plants that may 
be put into it. To this end good strong iron 
brackets, as shown at Fig. 3, should be used, 
and a fixing obtained on each side near the 
top of the case into the window frame. We recommend the sprigging 
in of the glass with small brads before puttying, and if the amateur 
workman should not be very clever at tenons and mortice, on a small scale, 
he may find it advisable to screw on some neat brass or malleable iron L 
angles at the corners where the timbers are joined together. Some red 
and white lead mixed with boiled oil, to the consistency of joiners' glue, 
should'be put into all the joints. In this case it is intended that the top 
